Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
206 CXUS54 KLCH 010943 CLMLCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 343 AM CST THU FEB 01 2024 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1895 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 88 01/05/1913 LOW 12 01/24/1948 HIGHEST 74 01/11 MM MM 77 01/03 01/07 01/11 LOWEST 19 01/16 MM MM 32 01/27 01/17 AVG. MAXIMUM 61.0 63.0 -2.0 66.3 AVG. MINIMUM 40.2 43.4 -3.2 48.2 MEAN 50.6 53.2 -2.6 57.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.1 -0.1 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 7 4.5 2.5 1 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 14.29 1991 MINIMUM 0.41 2009 TOTALS 10.87 5.89 4.98 5.07 DAILY AVG. 0.35 0.19 0.16 0.16 DAYS >= .01 12 9.3 2.7 9 DAYS >= .10 9 6.4 2.6 4 DAYS >= .50 7 3.6 3.4 4 DAYS >= 1.00 5 2.0 3.0 3 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.96 01/24 TO 01/25 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL MM 5 TOTALS T MM MM 0.0 SINCE 7/1 T MM MM MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 MM DAYS >= 1.0 0 MM MM 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 MM MM 24 HR TOTAL MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 437 379 58 261 SINCE 7/1 914 898 16 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.4 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 39/310 DATE 01/12 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 54/290 DATE 01/12 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.46 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 14 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 10 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 73 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 6 MIXED PRECIP 1 HEAVY RAIN 9 RAIN 10 LIGHT RAIN 12 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 1 HAIL 2 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 1 FOG 17 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 7 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$